Making Photography Simple
Wow. We’ve come a long way.
I was halfway through the expensive and frustrating process of building a scratch built RC hexacopter for aerial photograpy when DJI first announced the first Phantom drone. I was skeptical, and that drone wasn’t very good. But it was still easier, cheaper, and safer to fly than the flying lawn-mower contraption I was tinkering with in my shop. [Read more…]
I love the tools that are now available to us as filmmakers and photographers. What a wonderful time to be living and creating. Drones have opened up a whole new world enabling creators to reach new heights and capture images and video from the sky that just wasn’t feasible before. [Read more…]
The FAA released a press release today announcing a mandatory registration law for drone operators that goes into effect on December 21 of this year. Drone owners can begin registering online starting December 21st at the following URL: http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/ The registration will cost $5.00 but the fee is waived for those who register early, before January 20th, 2016. [Read more…]
Download Inspire 1 Sample 4k Video
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In 2014, DJI, the world’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, announced the Inspire 1. Trailing on the success of the Phantom line of easy to fly camera quadcopter, the Inspire 1 is an all-in-one system that is aimed squarely at the prosumer market segment. I’ve been following and using DJI products for a few years now and I have to say they’ve really done a nice job with the Inspire 1. Here is my full review. [Read more…]
My friend Mikey Borup from Cinema Spice has created an awesome After Effects tutorial for adding tracked text to drone footage and fixing the wide angle distortion caused by the GoPro Lens.
If you are interested in learning After Effects, Mikey also has a course on Udemy.
Here is a link to the Drone video course
https://www.udemy.com/aerial-photogra…
Get footage to practice with here.
There is no question about it we are in the pioneering stages of a brand new “drone” industry. [Read more…]
Inspired by this aerial video of the LDS Washington DC Temple, I decided to create my own aerial video showcasing the LDS Temple in Idaho Falls where I live:
Many dismissed Amazon’s announcement that they would like to start making deliveries via quadcopter as nothing more than an elaborate marketing stunt. The company seemed at least somewhat more serious about the idea when they sent a formal request to the FAA to allow them to test their package delivering prototypes near their headquarters. [Read more…]
One of the reasons I love photography is that it allows for exploration into a vast world of image creation. There are many facets of photography that I love, but one of my favorites is Aerial Photography. [Read more…]
I was recently in Europe as part of a team of four photographers/videographers assigned to cover a large regional convention. To kick off the event, the company had organized a road rally wherein groups of attendees would drive in from four different countries and all converge in Vienna, Austria. The four starting points were Venice, Munich, Budapest, and Prague. I was assigned to the Prague leg of the rally. [Read more…]